JP2006157832A - Mobile communication terminal, method of determining transmission system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication terminal, method of determining a transmission system, and programs, wherein a message can be transmitted through an optimal transmission system without performing a complicated operation. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile communication terminal converts mail data from a text format to an HTML format when the number of characters exceeds the allowable maximum number of input characters while a short message is formed through the mobile communication terminal, acquires a name and an e-mail address corresponding to a telephone number that is obtained from a telephone directory as the destination of the short message, and uses the name and the e-mail address as the destination of the e-mail. By this setup, a user can be shifted to the creation of the e-mail without performing a complicated operation, such as processing of copying the document of the short message and sticks it on the e-mail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a transmission method determining method, and a program, and in particular, a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting a message with an optimal transmission method without performing a complicated operation, a transmission method determining method, And the program.

In recent years, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones have not only a call function as a mere telephone, but also a function for sending and receiving e-mails using the Internet, and between mobile communication terminals provided by the same carrier. Those having the function of transmitting and receiving short messages have become mainstream (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-69691

  Short messages have the advantage of being simple and inexpensive compared to e-mails, but have the disadvantage that the destination is limited as described above and the number of characters that can be transmitted is small.

  When the number of characters in the message reaches the upper limit during creation of such a short message and an attempt is made to change it to an e-mail, many manual operations such as copying and pasting the created message have been required.

  In view of the above situation, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal, a transmission method determination method, and a program capable of transmitting a message with an optimal transmission method without performing a complicated operation. It is.

  To achieve the above object, a mobile communication terminal according to a first aspect of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting a short message and an e-mail, and is capable of transmitting by the short message or the e-mail. A message creating means for creating a message, a character number counter for counting the number of characters of the message created by the message creating means, and a message created by the message creating means according to the number of characters counted by the character number counter, The above-mentioned problem is solved by comprising transmission method determining means for determining whether to transmit as the short message or to transmit by the electronic mail.

  In the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention described above, the transmission method determining means determines whether the number of characters counted by the character number counter has reached the maximum number of characters that can be transmitted as the short message. When it is determined that the number of characters counted by the determination unit and the number of character determination unit has reached the maximum number of characters, it is determined that the message is transmitted by the e-mail, and it is determined that the maximum number of characters has not been reached. If so, it can be determined to transmit the message as the short message.

  Furthermore, in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention described above, after the message that can be transmitted as the short message is created by the message creating means, the message can be sent by the e-mail by the transmission method determining means. If determined, it may further comprise first format conversion means for converting the format of the message into a format that can be transmitted by the electronic mail.

  In the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the message creation means creates a message following the end of the short message sentence converted into a format that can be transmitted by e-mail by the first format conversion means. be able to.

  In the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, after the message that can be sent by the e-mail is created by the message creating means, the message is sent as the short message by the sending method determining means. If determined, it may further comprise second format conversion means for converting the format of the message into a format that can be transmitted as the short message.

  Further, in the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, when the message is transmitted as the short mail when the telephone number and the mail address are registered in association with each other, the telephone is used as the destination of the short message. In the case where a number is set and the message is transmitted by the electronic mail, a destination setting means for setting the mail address as a destination of the electronic mail can be further provided.

  In the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the destination setting unit generates a message that can be transmitted as the short message by the message generating unit, and then transmits the message to the electronic device by the transmission method determining unit. When it is determined to be sent by mail, a mail address corresponding to the telephone number set as the short message destination can be detected from the address book and set as the destination of the electronic mail.

  Furthermore, in the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the destination setting means, after the message creation means creates a message that can be sent by the e-mail, sends the message to the short circuit by the transmission method determination means. When it is determined to transmit as a message, the telephone number corresponding to the mail address set as the destination of the electronic mail can be detected from the address book and set as the destination of the short message.

  At this time, in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention described above, short message transmission determining means for determining whether or not the short message can be transmitted based on the telephone number or the mail address acquired from the address book. In addition, the transmission method determining means, when the short message transmission determining means determines that the transmission of the short message is impossible, the number of characters counted by the character number determining means does not reach the maximum number of characters. Even when it is determined, it can be determined that the message is transmitted by the electronic mail.

A transmission method determination method according to the second aspect of the present invention is a transmission method determination method in a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting a short message and an e-mail, and can be transmitted as the short message or by the e-mail. A message creation step for creating a simple message, a character count step for counting the number of characters in the message created by the message creation step, and the message creation step according to the number of characters counted by the character count step. The above-described problem is solved by providing a transmission method determining step for determining whether a message is transmitted as the short message or transmitted by the electronic mail.
By doing so, the same operation and effect as the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention can be obtained.

  Further, even if the program is for causing a computer to perform processing corresponding to the above-described mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the program can be read and executed by the computer to execute the mobile body according to the above-described present invention. The same operation and effect as the communication terminal can be obtained, and the above-described problems can be solved.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal, a transmission method determination method, and a program that can transmit a message by an optimal transmission method without performing a complicated operation.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail.

  A mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal device (mobile phone) such as a mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), and the like via a base station (not shown). The mobile communication terminal has a function (wireless call function) that enables wireless communication with the mobile communication terminal. Moreover, the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment includes a function for performing transmission / reception of electronic mail via the Internet (e-mail transmission / reception function), and a mobile communication terminal provided by the same communication carrier in addition to the wireless call function. It has a function of transmitting / receiving short messages between them (short message transmitting / receiving function).

  First, a specific configuration of the mobile communication terminal will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 1 includes a control unit 2, an input unit 3, a display unit 4, a phone book data 5, a phone book search unit 6, mail data 7, and a mail character counter. 8, an e-mail (EM) body creation unit 9E, a short message (SM) creation unit 9S, an e-mail (EM) transmission unit 10E, a short message transmission unit 10S, a radio unit 11, and an antenna 12. It is configured.

  The control unit 2 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and the CPU appropriately executes various programs stored in the ROM. The operation of each part of the mobile communication terminal 1 is controlled. In the present embodiment, the mail destination creation unit 20 is realized inside the control unit 2 by the CPU executing a mail destination creation program stored in the ROM.

  The mail destination creation unit 20 attaches the name and mail address registered in the acquired phone book data 5 to the header of the electronic mail as a destination. The RAM of the control unit 2 is used as a work memory when the CPU executes a program.

  The input unit 3 includes, for example, a cross cursor key, an alphanumeric key for inputting numbers and characters, a button for designating a function, and the like. The user operates the input unit 3 to A desired sentence can be created.

  The display unit 4 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and displays an image or the like for executing various operations by the mobile communication terminal 1. The display unit 4 displays, for example, a sentence being created.

  The phone book data 5 is data indicating the destination of an e-mail or a short message, and a plurality of types of the phone book data 5 are stored in a nonvolatile memory (not shown). Thereby, the non-volatile memory functions as a telephone directory.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone directory data 5 in the present embodiment is registered in association with a name, a telephone number, a mail address, and the like, and among these, an e-mail destination is specified by a mail address. Can do. Further, it can also be determined whether or not a short message can be transmitted.

  Specifically, if the domain name specified from the own mail address and the destination mail address is the same, the mobile communication terminal 1 and the destination mobile communication terminal 1 have the same communication business. It is determined that the short message can be transmitted as being provided by the user.

  In addition, among those registered in the telephone directory data 5, the destination of the short message can be specified by the telephone number.

  Based on an instruction from the control unit 2, the phone book search unit 6 searches the phone book data 5 for a mail address corresponding to the phone number or searches for a phone number corresponding to the mail address.

  The mail data 7 is data indicating an electronic mail created by the EM body creation unit 9E and the mail destination creation unit 20 and a short message created by the SM creation unit 9S, and is held in a volatile memory (not shown). Is. Thereby, the volatile memory functions as a mail data file.

  The mail character counter 8 counts the number of characters of an electronic mail or short message specified from the mail data 7 held in the volatile memory.

  The EM text creation unit 9E creates a text of an e-mail in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format that can be transmitted via a network. In the present embodiment, the maximum number of input characters of an e-mail created by the EM text creating unit 9E is 5000 characters.

  The SM creation unit 9S creates a short message in a text format that can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 1 provided by the same carrier as the mobile communication terminal 1 of the SM. In the present embodiment, the maximum number of input characters of a short message created by the SM creation unit 9S is 50 characters.

  The EM transmission unit 10E performs error correction coding processing, mapping processing to a physical channel, and spreading processing on the email created by the EM body creation unit 9E and the mail destination creation unit 20, and then transmits the wireless unit 11 is supplied.

  The SM transmission unit 10S performs error correction coding processing, mapping processing to a physical channel, and spreading processing on the short message created by the SM creation unit 9S, and then supplies the short message to the radio unit 11.

  The radio unit 11 performs D / A (Digital-Analog) conversion processing and modulation processing on the e-mail supplied from the EM transmission unit 10E and the short message supplied from the SM transmission unit 10S, and then up-converts. Then, it is transmitted to the base station via the antenna 12.

  Next, a specific operation of the mobile communication terminal 1 having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the details of the mail creation mode switching process executed by the mobile communication terminal 1. In this process, the user first selects either an e-mail or a short message as an outgoing mail service using the input unit 3 (step S1). Here, when an e-mail is selected (step S1; e-mail), the control unit 2 sets the e-mail creation mode, and then shifts to an e-mail creation process described later (step S2).

  On the other hand, when the short message is selected in the process of step S1 (step S1; short message), the control unit 2 displays the phone book (for example, a list of names) on the display unit 4 after setting the short message creation mode. The user is instructed to select a destination. In response to this, the user searches the telephone directory displayed on the display unit 4 (step S3), and detects the name of the person who sends the short message (step S4).

  When the user selects the name of the person using the input unit 3 (step S4; Yes), the control unit 2 controls the phone book search unit 6 to store the person from the non-volatile memory functioning as the phone book. The phone book data 5 is detected, and “phone number” registered in the phone book data 5 is acquired as a destination (step S5; Yes).

  In addition, the control unit 2 acquires the “mail address” registered in the phone book data 5, and whether the domain name specified from the own “mail address” and the “mail address” of the transmission destination is the same. By judging whether or not, it is judged whether or not a short message can be transmitted (step S6).

  If it is determined that transmission of the short message is impossible (step S6; No), a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit 4 for a predetermined period (step S7). The process proceeds to creation processing (step S2). On the other hand, when it is determined that the short message can be transmitted (step S6; Yes), the initial value “0” is set in the mail character number counter 8 (step S8).

  And after a character string is input by the kana character by the user (step S9; Yes) and converted into a kanji (step S10), when "confirm" is selected (step S11; Yes), the control unit 2 The determined number of characters is added to the value of the mail character number counter 8 (step S12). In this way, the control unit 2 can count the number of input characters.

  When the number of input characters does not exceed the maximum number of input characters (50 characters) of the short message (step S13; Yes, step S14; No), the processing of steps S9 to S12 is repeated, and then the creation of the short message is performed. When “send” is selected as the completion (step S14; Yes), the created short message is transmitted to the short message server of the communication carrier (step S15).

  On the other hand, when the number of input characters exceeds the maximum number of input characters of the short message (step S13; No), the short message creation mode is switched to the email creation mode, and a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit 4 for a predetermined time. After that (step S16), the telephone directory data 5 stored in the nonvolatile memory is searched using the telephone number acquired in the process of step S5 as a key (step S17), and the name corresponding to this telephone number And the mail address are acquired as destinations (step S18).

  Thereafter, when the “subject” is input by the user (step S19; Yes), the control unit 2 uses the input subject and the name and mail address acquired in the processing of step S18 in the header of the e-mail. sign up. Further, the control unit 2 reads the mail data 7 from the volatile memory storing the mail data file, and converts the mail data 7 from the text format to the HTML format (step S20). Subsequently, the control unit 2 switches the display screen of the display unit 4 from the display screen of the short message creation mode shown in FIG. 4A to the display screen of the email creation mode shown in FIG. Step S21).

  Then, after the character string is input by the user following the mail text that is converted into the HTML format and displayed on the display screen of the display unit 4 (step S22; Yes), it is assumed that the creation of the electronic mail is completed, and “send” Is selected (step S23; Yes), the created e-mail is transmitted to the telecommunications carrier's e-mail server (step S24).

The process so far is the mail creation mode switching process.
Next, details of the e-mail creation process that is the process of step S2 in the above-described mail creation mode switching process of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing content of the e-mail creation process executed under the control of the control unit 2. In this e-mail creation process, as shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 2 first displays a “mail address” input screen on the display unit 4 (step S31).

  When the input of the mail address is completed by the user (step S32; Yes), the control unit 2 displays the “subject” input screen on the display unit 4 (step S33). Subsequently, when the input of the subject is completed by the user in accordance with the “subject” input guidance on the input screen (step S34; Yes), an input screen for the mail “text” is displayed on the display unit 4 (step S35).

  After that, after the character string is input by the user (step S36; Yes), when “transmission” is selected as the creation of the e-mail is completed (step S37; Yes), the control unit 2 uses the mail character counter 8 Is checked to determine whether or not the number of input characters is within the maximum number of input characters (50 characters) of the short message (step S38).

  When the number of input characters is within the maximum number of input characters of the short message (step S38; Yes), a message for confirming whether to transmit as an e-mail or change to a short message is displayed on the display unit 4. (Step S39).

  In response to this, when the user selects “short message” (step S40; Yes), the control unit 2 has the same domain name specified from its own “mail address” and the destination “mail address”. By determining whether or not there is, it is determined whether or not the short message can be transmitted (step S41).

  If it is determined that the short message can be transmitted (step S41; Yes), the electronic mail creation mode is switched to the short message creation mode, and the mail address input in the process of step S32 is used as a key. The telephone directory data 5 stored in the nonvolatile memory is searched (step S42), and if there is a telephone number corresponding to this mail address (step S43; No), it is acquired as a destination (step S44).

  Then, the control unit 2 reads the mail data 7 from the volatile memory functioning as a mail data file, converts the mail data 7 from the HTML format to the text format, etc., and converts the created email into a short message. Then (step S45), this short message is transmitted to the short message server of the communication carrier (step S15).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of characters input in the process of step S38 exceeds the maximum number of input characters of the short message (step S38; No), the user directly uses “e-mail” in the process of step S40. If transmission is selected (step S40; No), if it is determined in step S41 that transmission of a short message is impossible (step S41; No), the mail address input in step S43 If the telephone number corresponding to is not detected (step S43; Yes), the control unit 2 transmits the created e-mail as it is to the telecommunication carrier's e-mail server (step S24).

The above process is an e-mail creation process.
As described above, the mobile communication terminal 1 according to the present embodiment creates an e-mail from the short message creation mode when the number of characters exceeds the maximum number of input characters (50 characters) of the short message during creation of the short message. The mode is switched, the mail data 7 is converted from the text format to the HTML format, and the name and mail address corresponding to the telephone number acquired as the short message destination from the telephone directory are acquired as the e-mail destination. As a result, the user can proceed to creation of an e-mail as it is without performing a complicated operation such as copying and pasting a short message document into the e-mail.

  Further, when the number of characters in the body of the e-mail that has been created is within the maximum number of input characters of the short message, the mobile communication terminal 1 can transmit the e-mail as it is or the short message according to the user's selection. Can be converted into a short message and transmitted. Thereby, even when changing to a short message, the user can transmit the created document as a short message without performing complicated operations such as copying the text of the e-mail and pasting it in the short message.

  As described above, the mobile communication terminal 1 can transmit a document by an optimal transmission method among short messages and e-mails without performing complicated operations. In addition, the user can create a short message or an e-mail without worrying about the number of characters.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and application are possible. Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment applicable to the present invention will be described.

  In the above embodiment, the control unit 2 determines whether or not a short message can be transmitted based on an e-mail address. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Good. Specifically, the CDE code (fourth to sixth digits from the most significant digit) of the telephone number 090 (or 080) -CDE-FGHIK of the mobile communication terminal 1 consisting of 11 digits registered in the telephone directory data 5 is used. If the telecommunications carrier of the mobile communication terminal 1 of the other party is specified from the combination of numbers in the (digit)), and if it is the same as the telecommunications carrier of the mobile communication terminal 1 of itself, it is possible to transmit a short message. It may be determined that there is.

  In addition, the configurations of the telephone directory search unit 6, the EM creation unit 9E, the SM creation unit 9S, the mail destination creation unit 20 and the like according to the above embodiment can be realized by hardware, and the software of the control unit 2 It may be realized by processing. In this case, the control unit 2 is caused to function as the telephone directory search unit 6, the EM creation unit 9E, the SM creation unit 9S, the mail destination creation unit 20, and the like, and a program for realizing each of the processes described above is stored in the mobile communication terminal 1 and the control unit 2 may execute such a program.

  And as the mobile communication terminal 1 concerning the said embodiment by applying the said program to the existing mobile communication terminal as well as being able to provide as such a mobile communication terminal 1 in which such a program was previously incorporated, It can also function.

  The method for providing such a program is arbitrary. For example, the program may be provided via a communication medium such as the Internet, or may be stored and distributed in a recording medium such as a memory card.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the mobile communication terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the telephone directory data shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the mail preparation mode switching process which a mobile communication terminal performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display at the time of execution of the process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the email preparation process shown in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile communication terminal, 2 ... Operation part, 3 ... Input part, 4 ... Display part, 5 ... Phonebook data, 6 ... Phonebook search part, 7 ... Mail data, 8 ... Mail character counter, 9E ... E-mail Body creation part, 9S ... Short message creation part

Claims (11)

A mobile communication terminal capable of sending short messages and e-mails,
Message creating means for creating a message that can be sent by the short message or the e-mail;
A character counter that counts the number of characters in the message created by the message creating means;
A transmission method determining means for determining whether the message created by the message creating means is sent as the short message or sent by the e-mail according to the number of characters counted by the character number counter;
Comprising
A mobile communication terminal characterized by that. The transmission method determining means includes
Character number determination means for determining whether or not the number of characters counted by the character number counter has reached the maximum number of characters that can be transmitted as the short message;
When it is determined that the number of characters counted by the character number determination means has reached the maximum number of characters, it is determined that the message is transmitted by the e-mail, and when it is determined that the maximum number of characters has not been reached, Decide to send a message as said short message,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1. When a message that can be transmitted as the short message is created by the message creation means, and when it is decided by the transmission method decision means to send the message by the email, the format of the message is sent by the email Further comprising first format conversion means for converting to a transmittable format;
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2. The message creation means includes:
Creating a message subsequent to the end of the short message sentence converted into a format that can be transmitted by e-mail by the first format conversion means;
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 3. When a message that can be sent by the e-mail is created by the message creating means, and when it is decided by the sending method determining means to send the message as the short message, the format of the message is set as the short message. Further comprising second format conversion means for converting to a transmittable format;
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal. An address book that registers telephone numbers and email addresses in association with each other;
When the message is transmitted as the short mail, the telephone number is set as the destination of the short message, and when the message is transmitted by the electronic mail, the mail address is set as the destination of the electronic mail. Setting means;
Further comprising
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal. The destination setting means includes
When a message that can be transmitted as the short message is created by the message creating means, and when it is decided by the sending method determining means that the message is to be sent by the e-mail, the short message is sent from the address book. Detect the email address corresponding to the phone number set as the destination, and set it as the destination of the email.
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 6. The destination setting means includes
After the message creation means creates a message that can be sent by the e-mail, when the sending method decision means decides to send the message as the short message, the e-mail is sent from the address book. Detect the phone number corresponding to the email address set as the destination and set it as the destination of the short message.
8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 6 or 7, wherein: Short message transmission determination means for determining whether or not the transmission of the short message is possible based on the telephone number or mail address acquired from the address book,
The transmission method determining means includes
When the short message transmission determining means determines that the transmission of the short message is impossible, even when the character number determining means determines that the counted number of characters does not reach the maximum number of characters, Decides to send a message by said e-mail;
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal. A method for determining a transmission method of a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting a short message and an e-mail,
Creating a message that can be sent by the short message or the e-mail; and
A character count step for counting the number of characters in the message created by the message creation step;
According to the number of characters counted in the character count step, a transmission method determination step for determining whether to transmit the message created by the message creation step as the short message or the e-mail;
Comprising
A transmission method determination method characterized by the above. To a mobile communication terminal computer that can send short messages and e-mails,
A message creation procedure for creating a message that can be sent by the short message or the e-mail;
A character count procedure for counting the number of characters in the message created by the message creation procedure;
A transmission method determination procedure for determining whether to transmit the message created by the message creation procedure as the short message or the email according to the number of characters counted by the character count procedure;
A program for running

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